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Russia’s entire active duty military is 900,000. So we’re talking 4% of their active duty troops. So far. | |||
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Yes, but most of their active duty troops aren't really fit for duty ... bored and ill-trained conscripts stationed in Vitebsk for nine months to keep them out of trouble. Russia's losses are well over 10% of the active professional forces thrown into Ukraine. They have literally been decimated. Their "elite" troops are the ones that spearheaded the assault, and I suspect they have also sustained a high casualty rate. They are not easily replaced. Hiring some thugs from Syria or Chechnya won't do the trick. Meanwhile, hundreds (or thousands) of volunteers are coming into Ukraine to fight FOR them. Some of these volunteers are already well-trained soldiers from the UK and US. Others are from Belarus. These guys could easily go back and make great trouble for the asshat who misgoverns that place. | |||
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Just saw that. Likely packed with ammunition. I do hope it also had a substantial number of Russian soldiers/sailor aboard. Yes, every Russian who dies in Ukraine is one fewer who can kill Ukrainians and deliver artillery shells to the guns that rain death down on hospitals and apartment blocks. I don't apologize for wanting lots and lots of dead Russians. | |||
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Prisoner exchanges. https://www.npr.org/2022/03/24...-freed-prisoner-swap
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https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/25...rate-plan/index.html
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According to some Pentagon sources, Ukrainian forces are counterattacking around Kherson, the only mid-size city to have fallen. Kherson is now "contested" | |||
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"I've got morons on my team." Mitt Romney Minor Deity ![]() |
This is the mighty Russian military! We always knew that venality and corruption were likely a problem, a cancer eating away at readiness. But I don't think very many people thought things were this bad. If the Ukrainians can stabilize things in the south and blunt new Russia probes, I would like nothing more than to see them begin selective counteroffensives rather than their current hit and run jabs. The Russians may play static defense, which could allow the Ukrainians to pick a spot, mass sufficient force, and destroy a Russian pocket in detail. That would send a very powerful message back to Moscow. Yes, Putin might blubber on about a nuclear response, but put me in the corner with those who think he is posturing with those threats .. trying to achieve via jawboning what he cannot seem to grab by force. | |||
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60894142
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Putin learns from the master .... ![]() | |||
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